RMweb Premium AndyB Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2017 'twill be ten penn'orth only on Saturday. Maybe as Rick will bound to have got his SWR job tomorrow he could pick us all up on the way and then drop us back again after? 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) Good to see you back Smiffy, hope the problems work their way through sooner than later... Welcome Allan. BIN day, then again, it's NOT! Due to the public holiday Monday past, the BIN racket/collection doesn't occur until tomorrow this week. Particularly galling since it was BIN day yesterday at Jemmas townhouse complex and with her gone (she set the BINs out Tuesday before she left) I went over to move them back inside the garage per the Townhouse association rules - except they are also a day offset there too. Doh!!! Minor breakthrough with a client (separate one to my "normal" one, a client needing some "expertise" that hopefully I could supply) yesterday as I was finally able to actually access their system and review the SQL they need help with - this after literally months of back-and-forth with a team of cockwombles who've taken forever to grant me all the appropriate access and actually get it WORKING for me finally! Today another simple work day, he says hopefully, punctuated with taking an old TV and computer monitor to the recycling location. Not much else... Once again concerned for the Floridians but also convinced more than ever that living in a location that is at most 6-30 feet above sea level (highest spot in ALL of the state is only 300ft!!) and Hurricane season central, my living in the upper mid-west isn't that bad a place to be... Continuing our weather slide into winter, it was 10 this morning and overcast, 18 the expected high. Enjoy the day, at least tomorrow is POE, watch for it over the horizon. Edited September 7, 2017 by Ian Abel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 He had a very wide circle of friends who were not invited to his funeral, so they are dropping heavy hints that she should organise a memorial ceremony, This sort of thing really annoys me. When my mother died I placed death notices in both the Daily Telegraph and the Brentwood Gazette and used the numero uno Undertakers in Brentwood - I still got people complaining after the event “We didn’t know!” It’s not like a bloody wedding invite for God’s sake and I was trying to arrange things from thousands of miles away....most of the complainants lived within a few miles of her and just didn’t keep in touch with her. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2017 That will have cost a packet in visa fees plus the Immigration Health Surcharge. 'Noon Yes don't I know it I loan my daughter the dosh to pay for it I'll doubt if I will get see it again but thats what you do for daughters. Some good news all is fine and well with the "In laws" in Cuda they are use to these storms and have all the boarding required stored ready to use, Leo was going out with his parents today for food stocks in just in case it hits them big time they say they will be OK lets hope so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 'Noon Yes don't I know it I loan my daughter the dosh to pay for it I'll doubt if I will get see it again .... I'm sure the pair of them will now be more than familiar with the requirements of Appendix FM and FM-SE..... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post jamie92208 Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 7, 2017 Afternoon all from the Charente where it's cloudy but about 21 degrees. Peter and I got up at 06.00 and got to the airport in time to pick up the two bosses who had got up at 04.15 (French Time) Then drive the 80 miles back home, had a good lunch and now they are all tired. However Peter and I had an afternoon putting up racking in the shed and the trailer is loaded for a run to the tip on Saturday. I suspect some wine might be sampled this evening. Smiffy, very glad to see you back and hope that things start to calm down family and health wise, we have missed the reports on the whelkmen. Rick, good luck with the interview. As to moves, I've also been awake a bit planning the logistics of our move. I was worried about how the layout was going to get here but our French farmer friend, who cuts our grass, came round yesterday. I mentioned my concerns about unloading the layout crates from an artic and he said, no problem. Apparently they have a fork lift at the grain silo and that will appear when needed to unload the lorry. Meanwhile the sunflower harvest has started and the combines and lorries are going past on a regular basis. Regards to all. Jamie 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) I'm sure the pair of them will now be more than familiar with the requirements of Appendix FM and FM-SE..... That was peanuts you want to hear the Cuban wedding ceremony Rule that must you obey, rules to discard, rules to f@rt most of my family who were in earshot of what the "Wedding Aficionado" woman was saying were almost on the verge of bursting out with laughter when she said they were allowed to copulate now. Edited September 7, 2017 by 81C 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2017 I'm sure the pair of them will now be more than familiar with the requirements of Appendix FM and FM-SE..... We were discussing all these rules on Sunday when Aditi's family were visiting. The conversation turned from non EU cases they know of to nephew Josh's girlfriend. She was until last week Romanian but has just acquired an Italian passport. Her parents had moved to Italy before Romania was in the EU, and she had her secondary school and university education there. She has been working in the UK for a couple of years now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2017 Afternoon Awl, Major cockwomble time at the primary schools due to parking all over place, the bus couldn't get through, hence major traffic jams... The roundabout changes i mentioned before at the newly tarmacked round about are.... The removal of the improper cycle zebra crossing..!!! I wonder if that's because I sent an email to the relevant council pointing out there is no such thing as a cycling zebra crossing, and if a child cycled out from behind the hedge straight across the crossing in front of a car they are likely to be liable... I'm in Ben the Border Collies bad books, while walking down the lane using a throwing stick for his tennis ball I threw it high enough to be caught by the wind... His tennis ball is ten feet up in some prickly sloe bushes... I'm about to go searching on the net for cheap dog proof tennis balls.... he's only got a couple left... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 ....She was until last week Romanian but has just acquired an Italian passport. Her parents had moved to Italy before Romania was in the EU, and she had her secondary school and university education there. She has been working in the UK for a couple of years now. Hopefully she shouldn't have too much trouble.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2017 Afternoon all, Welcome back Smiffy and I do hope things various start to look up - and you might have some good photos to look at in future by the sound of things. Despite the late arrival I was actually ER as I rode as Conductor Driver with laddo on his first trip to his new place of employment in the Silicon Kennet Valley and ay one junction with a large queue my services were needed so it was worth the trip as far as Theale station where I was unloaded to return by train, and purchase a nice proper job pasty from the purveyor of such delights that can be found on the shopping centre footbridge at Reading station. The retrace steps southwards n my own car to Waitrose at Tilehurst followed by a trip round one of the diversionary routes in order to call in at Tesco to collect the prescriptions. Virtually zero cockwomble content too - apart from following one lost soul who appeared to have little clue about the diversionary route and some brain dead p*llock who apparently considered it his duty to flatten any pedestrians using a pedestrian crossing in Tesco's car park. Now a note for Baz - should you happen across the two Bobs and their escorts on Sunday be warned that the latter don't seem to appreciate it too much if you put on the charm and mention how nice they actually seem and that you're surprised that you can't see the horns Enjoy the rest of your day one and all and hoping that things will improve for those who are suffering in various ways. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) I don't think a Robbie proof tennis ball exists. He peels the furry cover off, then slashes the ball into strips and will only swap the bits for a biscuit. Otherwise he will swallow them making us anxious about bowel blockages. Cocker Spaniels are supposed to be gentle creatures but he can destroy Kong toys meant for "powerful chewers". Fortunately he only destroys his toys, our shoes, furniture etc are fine. Edited September 7, 2017 by Tony_S 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2017 Hopefully she shouldn't have too much trouble.... One would hope so but the departments administering these schemes are surely not noted for efficiency or even common sense at times. Also Josh's girlfriend is in one of the "correct" professions. She is a specialist nurse working with patients who have had brain injury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 One would hope so but the departments administering these schemes are surely not noted for efficiency or even common sense at times..... At present, I'm getting a distinct sense of "making it up as we go along".... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) Bought a 'portable' air conditioner on Evilbay. It arrived weighing one tone, thirteen pounds and two ounces.It had wheels but you needed a forklift to lift it up to fit them. The instructions demanded that I should punch a massive hole in an outside wall with a jack hammer which I didn't have, feed some three hundred meters of plastic pipe through the hole,plug the three inches of lead into the nearest wall socket. switch it on, stand back and see what happens and take notes for future refference if you think it might help when it blows a fuse or sets fire to something, either or both. Eight hours later and after much consideration, we decided that it wasn't portable at all but a permanent fixture as large as a cooling tower so we tried sending it back to Gupter Sing Conglomerates of flat 2a, Birmingham who has since lef the country with a small fortune which is his, and two hundred and fifty quid of mine plus postage which isn't. Allan. Edit to add. Just been listening to Laura Bicker on TV reporting on the hurricane in Puerto Rico. Who on earth made that woman a TV reporter ? She speaks as if a rat's crawled up her arse, got jammed and can't get out! Terrible vocabulory. Edited September 7, 2017 by allan downes 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 .....conglagmorates .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) allan downes, on 07 Sept 2017 - 17:58, said: .....conglagmorates .... Eat your cornflakes and don't worry about it. I came on here to make friends. Hope you're not one of those Forum Warlords. Edited September 7, 2017 by allan downes 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2017 allan downes, on 07 Sept 2017 - 17:58, said: .....conglagmorates .... Eat your cornflakes and don't worry about it. I came on here to make friends. Hope you're not one of those Forum Warlords. No warlords here. Warlocks maybe.......................... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2017 Evening all, as they don't say at my work now. Still got a dizzy head (more than usual, that is....) it is most odd, when I turn my head and stop, it feels as if my brain and eyes keep moving for a moment. Inner ear issue of some kind I presume. It's going away slowly. A couple of the new H-word Maunsell coaches fell into my bag at work, (I do pay for them honest - just less than you do!) rather impressed. A shame the Gresleys are so crepe.... Day orf tomorrow of course for the semi-retired, but I have the 'official' physioterrorist first thing. She's slimmer than last night's version but less fun, and still decent scenery It helps lessen the pain. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2017 Allan, he's taking the mick, not being nasty. That happens a lot on here! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2017 Allan, he's taking the mick, Nobody is taking me anywhere................ Cheers, Mick (and yes, that's my real name for the benefit of a now-closed thread..................) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2017 I know I mentioned the Swiss Rail ticket Inspector's comment about the on-board air conditioning to an American passenger. However I can't remember (being somewhat delirious after returning from the alps!) if I mentioned our hotel's comment on lack of air conditioning. "This is an alpine hotel, we suggest opening the windows" . 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2017 Matthew is cooking dinner for us this evening. He is recreating the meal he had for his birthday in Dublin recently. Not an Irish classic this time, but Bigos which is allegedly Poland's national dish. I even found the bottle of vodka to accompany it. It isn't ready yet so I have been sent some crisps and a gin and tonic to tide me over. I am not sure if my cooking last night is why I am not needed this evening. Tony 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2017 Nobody is taking me anywhere................ Cheers, Mick (and yes, that's my real name for the benefit of a now-closed thread..................) Funnily enough I am really Neil, too. Surname is for folk to wonder about though. I wondered if I was missing something over there - if they'd done my old job they'd understand! I'm sure the other Neil would agree too. Sorry to 'take' you, Mick - but it's rude to say pi$$. Wonder how Andy's interview went....good to see Smiffy back too. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2017 No warlords here. Warlocks maybe.......................... Cheers, Mick And frequent doses of complete Borlocks too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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